Learn how to administer the product.
This section discusses how to administer HCL Compass Web.
HCL Compass Web server provides server-side support for WAN interfaces to HCL Compass.
There are several ways to determine whether HCL Compass Web server is working correctly and troubleshoot issues.
Use logging to monitor and debug HCL Compass Web server and application issues.
Learn how to administer the HCL Compass.
HCL Compass Web server is implemented as a J2EE application hosted on WebSphere® Application Server.
Configure HCL Compass Web server by performing the tasks described in this section.
Use the Site Monitoring window to monitor HCL Compass Web server activity.
In addition to monitoring the HCL Compass RPC servers by using the Site Monitoring page of the Site Configuration window, you can validate the startup and functioning of the RPC servers by viewing the HCL Compass Web log files and by using a command-prompt window.
You can configure logging for IBM® WebSphere® Application Server.
Set the logging level for the HCL Compass Web application by using the Application Options page of the Site Configuration window.
You customize many HCL Compass Web server and application settings by using the Site Configuration window.
HCL Compass Web provides security that affects only the behavior of the HCL Compass Web application.
You can configure HCL Compass to use single sign-on.
Smart card authentication is appropriate for deployments where security requirements dictate stronger authentication than using a HCL Compass user name and password.
Some administrative tasks are required to configure and maintain the HCL Compass full-text search feature.
The type-ahead feature enables users to use a choice-list drop-down as a search field to find and select items in the choice-list. This feature must be configured before it can be used. It can also be customized.
You can configure HCL Compass Web to use either the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) or MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) mail transport protocol.
You can configure HCL Compass to prefill field values when opening the creation dialogs for associated OSLC 2.0 projects. When a creation dialog displays, values for designated fields in the new record are initialized using content from configured fields of the initiating HCL Compass record.
Administering HCL Compass Multisite